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Check out the ReStore in the News!!

Don't Demolish, Deconstruct! (The Republican, July 27, 2008)

 

ReStore Deconstruction in Amherst (Daily Hampshire Gazette, July 4, 2008)


News 40 clip of the Amherst Deconstruction.

ReStore and This Old House May 9, 2008

22 News This Old House visits the ReStore, May 9. 2008

TV Station to Feature Store The Republican. May, 2008

Building Awareness By Deconstructing Williston School. May, 2008

TV 3 News

US Airways Magazine, November 2007

Rebuilding a City

Too Good to Throw Away (In Business Magazine, May-June, 2006)
The Budget Makeover

See us in the February 2006 issue of Country Living Magazine. That's a sink from the ReStore on the front cover!

Do-it-yourselfers' delight (The Recorder, February 15, 2006)

Store Expands Wood Recycling (The Republican, January 22nd, 2006)

Recycling this Christmas can save money and environment (The Reminder Online, December 16th, 2005)

Williston School Aids Building Salvage Store (The Republican, August 7th, 2005)

Carpenter Crafts Manse For Mom (The Republican, May 8th, 2005)

ReStore Deconstruction (Featured in an article in Plenty Magazine)

Give and take - Recycling unwanted items saves the environment, helps others. (Daily Hampshire Gazette, Thursday, April 21st, 2005)

Restoration and Deconstruction Make Store a Recycling Force (Biocycle, Journal Of Composting & Organics Recycling, April 2005)

A 5-minute video clip of the ReStore on American Builder, August 2004
(footage courtesy of CN8, Comcast Network) (requires Windows media player)

  • High-quality version 225k (High-speed Internet).
  • Low-quality version 112k (Dial-up Internet).

  • Restoration hardware (and tiles, tubs, lamps, windows). (The Boston Globe, January 27, 2005).

    Adaptive re-use, brick by brick. (The Berkshire Eagle, January 18, 2005).

    Green Building. ReStore Is Building Momentum for Recycling. (Business West, October, 2004).

    Lenox building offers rooms for recycling. (The Advocate, August 19th, 2004).

    Building parts to be recycled (The Berkshire Eagle, August 16th, 2004).

    Builders urged to recycle waste. ReStore in Springfield cited as conduit to reuse discards. (Daily Hampshire Gazette, June 21, 2004).

    The ReStore: The Valley's Showcase for Used Building Supplies (Green Living Journal, Summer 2004).

    Profile: The ReStore. Restoring the planet-one green toilet seat at a time. (UMASS Alumni Magazine, Spring 2004).

    Beyond ordinary gift wraps, cards (The Republican, Saturday, December 20, 2003).

    A New Trend in Home-Improvement Stores (Fine Homebuilding magazine, #160, p. 18).

    ReStore expands space for building materials (The Daily Hampshire Gazette, Thursday, July 17th, 2003).

    Recycler enters world of architectural salvage (The Republican, Tuesday, July 8, 2003).

    The ReStore Home Improvement Center completes major expansion (The Reminder, Monday, June 30th, 2003).

    ReStore benefits environment and the homeowner (The Wilbraham-Hampden Times, Thursday, June 19th, 2003).

    Hear Public Radio International's Marketplace story about The ReStore (played Tuesday, June 18, 2002).

    - WFCR, public radio for western New England, reports on the ReStore, "a new store in Springfield [that] is recycling items salvaged from home renovations, both to ease pressure on landfills and to provide affordable items for home improvement." (WFCR, Morning Edition, Friday, May 17, 2002)

    Listen to the story with Real Audio; or with Windows Media Player).

    ReStore on a mission to save money, planet (Union-News, July 1, 2002).

    Everyday ways to save the Earth (Daily Hampshire Gazette, Hampshire Life October 25-October 31, 2002

    Used building materials find new life at ReStore, (Springfield Union-News, Saturday, September 29, 2001)